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True Bugs (Heteroptera) ID Request - Phytocoris unnamed-two
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

True Bugs (Heteroptera) ID Request - Phytocoris unnamed-two
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
November 1, 2013

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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 3 November, 2013 - 5:14pm
Last updated 4 November, 2013 - 10:23am

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After all this discussion, I will certainly be looking for another one and capture it!
… A. Hendrickson, 15 November, 2017 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

I believe
this is Phytocoris squamosus Knight.
… Jason Botz, 9 November, 2017 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
P. squamosus belongs to candidus group, and so it may be similar to .
Schuh describes, "Most similar to albidosquamus but differs by the dense brush of long, pale setae on the ventral surface of antennal segment I, red or reddish brown markings on the collar and calli..." (1)
I am worried that the red markings are not shown in this bug.
… WonGun Kim, 9 November, 2017 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point
It would be hard to tell which of those two species this one is, without a view of the ventral side of the first antennomere. Wouldn't this one be a few hundred miles east of the limits of its known range if it turns out to be P. albidosquamosus? That would be interesting.

I think the one you thumbnailed there is more clearly P. squamosus, because the brush of setae on the antenna is quite apparent, in addition to the red markings on the pronotum, as mentioned by Stonedahl (1988).
… Jason Botz, 14 November, 2017 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jason!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 15 November, 2017 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

 
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I am flattered by your attention to my "bug". That would be quite an exciting ID!
… A. Hendrickson, 9 November, 2017 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Glad to help (hope I'm right!)
Your post came to my attention because I collected some very-similar-looking specimens in NM (which I'll post soon), and with the benefit of the specimens in hand, it was possible to key them out.
… Jason Botz, 9 November, 2017 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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Whoopee!
… A. Hendrickson, 9 November, 2017 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phytocoris.
… v belov, 4 November, 2013 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Plant Bugs.
… WonGun Kim, 3 November, 2013 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the placement. It is a little odd in shape, but now I can see it.
… A. Hendrickson, 4 November, 2013 - 6:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 November, 2013 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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